Chapter 14: PreTest Flashcards
A bystander is giving you information about what happened to an unconscious patient. In assessing this information, you would NOT consider the bystander’s:
personality.
A 66-year-old male patient has slipped on the ice, fallen, and broken his ankle. During your assessment, he states that he has diabetes. This statement would be considered part of the:
past medical history
A 66-year-old male patient has slipped on the ice, fallen, and broken his ankle. During your assessment, he states that he has diabetes. This statement would be considered part of the:
past medical history
Which of the following terms best describes a list of potential diagnoses that is compiled early in the assessment of the patient?
Differential diagnosis
Which of the following terms best describes a list of potential diagnoses that is compiled early in the assessment of the patient?
Differential diagnosis
In which part of OPQRST would you learn that your patient became dizzy after working in the garden?
O
What is crepitation?
The feeling of bones rubbing together
What is crepitation?
The feeling of bones rubbing together
During the respiratory assessment, what is a question an EMT might ask related to how the patient sleeps?
“Do you sleep on pillows?”
A question is closed if it is:
a simple “yes” or “no” question.
A question is closed if it is:
a simple “yes” or “no” question.
Critical thinking is best exemplified by which EMT?
An EMT sees that the patient has altered mental status and conducts a thorough assessment to include or rule out possible causes.
Critical thinking is best exemplified by which EMT?
An EMT sees that the patient has altered mental status and conducts a thorough assessment to include or rule out possible causes.
What is an example of an open-ended question?
”What can you tell me about the pain in your feet?”
What is the primary goal of the EMS approach to diagnosis?
To find and treat life threats
What is the primary goal of the EMS approach to diagnosis?
To find and treat life threats
During a neurologic assessment, which type of speech would likely be of most interest?
Patient uses word inappropriately.
During a neurologic assessment, which type of speech would likely be of most interest?
Patient uses word inappropriately.
In the traditional approach to diagnosis in medicine, what is the step that follows the differential diagnosis?
Further evaluation
In the traditional approach to diagnosis in medicine, what is the step that follows the differential diagnosis?
Further evaluation
In which of the component of OPQRST would you learn that the patient is experiencing crushing pain?
Q
Obtaining a past medical history would LEAST involve what letter of the SAMPLE mnemonic?
S
Which question is pertinent to taking a patient’s past medical history?
“Do you have any other medical problems?”
Which question is pertinent to taking a patient’s past medical history?
“Do you have any other medical problems?”
Once you have identified a possible diagnosis, you should not stop looking for causes, because:
many patients have more than one thing wrong with them.
